Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010): Season 3, Episode 8 - If All Else Fails - full transcript

A sleeper Highbreed awakens, unaware of the war's resolution, he begins his failsafe mission to destroy the Earth.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

[ LEAVES RUSTLE ]

[ RUMBLING ]

[ STONE CRACKING ]

[ CRACKING CONTINUES ]

[ SIZZLING ]

>> Max: I ONLY HAD ENOUGH CHARGE

FOR ONE RAY BLAST, BUT I KNEW I

WAS FASTER THAN THE...

>> Gwen: HAVING FUN?

>> Kevin: PROS OF CAMP-OUTS?



FRESH AIR, BARBECUE BURGERS.

CONS OF CAMP-OUTS?

YOUR GRANDPA MAX'S OLD PLUMBER

STORIES WE'VE HEARD 10 TIMES

BEFORE.

YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA TELL A

STORY ABOUT MY DAD.

OW!

>> Max: YOU KNOW, A STORY'S A

LOT LIKE BARBECUE SQUID -- CAN'T

RUSH EITHER ONE.

>> Kevin: SQUID?

I-I THOUGHT THOSE WERE

HAMBURGERS.



>> Ben: THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE

TENTACLES.

[ RUMBLING ]

[ GLASS CLINKING ]

[ CLINKING STOPS ]

>> Gwen: WHOA.

FEEL THAT? EARTHQUAKE.

>> AWAKE.

STATION LOG -- MY HIBERNATION

POD HAS OPENED.

THAT MEANS THE UNTHINKABLE HAS

OCCURRED -- THE WAR IS LOST.

I MUST COMPLETE MY FINAL

MISSION.

>> Max: ZAP!

ONE SHOT TOOK DOWN THE THREE OF

THEM.

NOW ALL I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WAS

THE BOMB.

BUT TIME WAS RUNNING OUT.

>> Kevin: THIS IS A REGULAR

BURGER, RIGHT?

>> Ben: I SEE EYES AND A BEAK IN

THERE.

IS THAT OKAY?

>> Max: [ SIGHS ]

>> Kevin: I THOUGHT YOU LIKED

WEIRD FOOD.

>> THE DEED IS DONE.

>> Max: AAAAAAAH!

>> Ben: GRANDPA?

GRANDPA!

>> Max: [ GRUNTS ]

>> Gwen: ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE

OKAY?

>> Max: I'M FINE. THANKS.

JUST GOT A LITTLE DIZZY FOR A

SECOND.

WELL, LET'S EAT.

>> Kevin: I CAN'T.

YOU DUMPED MY BURGER.

>> Gwen: YOU DUMPED THE WHOLE

GRILL, REMEMBER?

>> Max: THAT WAS THE LAST OF MY

GROUND SQUID, TOO.

I'VE GOT SOME HAMBURGER MEAT IN

THE FREEZER, THOUGH.

I GUESS WE COULD EAT THAT.

>> Kevin: WELL, YOU KNOW, IF

YOU'RE OUT OF THE SQUID, WHAT

CAN WE DO?

>> Max: DRONE SEEDS LOCATED AND

ACTIVATED.

COMMAND-AND-CONTROL SEQUENCE

ACTIVATED.

COMMENCING COMMAND CODE

SELF-TEST.

>> Kevin: WASN'T HUNGRY ANYWAY.

>> Ben: GRANDPA!

>> Max: W-WHAT?

>> Gwen: IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

>> Ben: WE SHOULD GET YOU LOOKED

AT.

>> Max: THERE'S NO NEED.

I'M FINE. LOOK.

TELL YOU WHAT -- LET'S GET SOME

SLEEP, AND IF I'M STILL ACTING

GOOFY IN THE MORNING, WE'LL SEE

SOMEONE ABOUT IT THEN.

>> Ben: OKAY.

>> Max: GOOD NIGHT, KIDS.

[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]

>> Kevin: [ YAWNS ]

I'LL GET THE CHOW.

LAST TIME MAX MADE BREAKFAST, WE

HAD SCRAMBLED EGGS AND EYEBALLS.

UH...

HEY, TENNYSON, GWEN?

WAKEY-WAKEY.

>> Ben: WHERE'S THE RUST BUCKET?

>> Gwen: WHERE'S GRANDPA MAX?

>> Kevin: YEAH, THAT'S WHY I

DIDN'T LET YOU SLEEP IN.

>> Ben: GWEN, CAN YOU GET A FIX

ON HIM?

>> Gwen: GOT HIM.

HE'S HEADED WEST.

>> Ben: THEN SO ARE WE.

>> Kevin: NO DINNER LAST NIGHT,

NO BREAKFAST THIS MORNING.

WHAT, ARE WE ON A DIET?

[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

[ BRAKES HISS ]

>> Max: SEEDLING 3, REPORTING

PRESENT.

>> SEEDLING 2, REPORTING

PRESENT.

>> Max: 5 OF 91 SEEDLINGS

PRESENT.

SUFFICIENT ANIMAL BIOMASS FOR

FAIL-SAFE ACTIVATION.

>> EXCELLENT.

ACTIVATING FINAL STAGE.

[ MOTORS WHIRRING ]

[ ENGINE REVVING ]

>> Gwen: WE GO OFF-ROAD FROM

HERE.

>> Kevin: YOU SURE?

>> Gwen: I'M SURE.

[ WHIRRING ]

[ ENGINE REVVING ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

>> Ben: WHAT IS IT?

>> Gwen: I DON'T KNOW, BUT

THAT'S GRANDPA MAX INSIDE.

>> Ben: NOT FOR LONG.

[ BEEP ]

>> Spidermonkey: SPIDERMONKEY!

I THINK I CAN CUT THIS THING

OPEN.

>> COME NO CLOSER TO THE SEED

POD, INFERIOR FILTH.

>> Gwen: A HIGHBREED?

>> Kevin: LIGHTEN UP, WILL YA?

THE WAR'S OVER.

>> PERHAPS, BUT OUR DEFEAT WILL

BRING YOU NOTHING BUT SORROW,

VERMIN.

>> Spidermonkey: I'M GETTING MY

GRANDPA OUT OF THERE.

I'D STEP ASIDE IF I WERE YOU.

AAAAAAH!

UGH!

>> Gwen: YOU GOOD?

>> Kevin: NOBODY SMACKS HIM

AROUND BUT ME!

AAH!

UGH!

>> Spidermonkey: LET'S TRY

HITTING HIM ALL AT ONCE, NOT ONE

AT A TIME.

[ RUMBLING ]

[ RUMBLING CONTINUES ]

[ RUMBLING, ROARING ]

>> Spidermonkey: WHAT IS THAT

THING?

>> THE END OF THE HUMAN

INFESTATION.

THE END OF OUR WAR.

>> Kevin: DON'T YOU WATCH THE

NEWS?

THE WAR IS OVER.

>> Gwen: WE'RE FRIENDS NOW.

>> Spidermonkey: UH, COULD WE GO

BACK TO "THE END OF THE HUMAN

INFESTATION" PART?

>> YOU ARE DOOMED.

>> Spidermonkey: DON'T THINK SO.

YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME HOW TO STOP

THAT THING, OR I'M GONNA HAVE TO

HURT YOU!

[ BEEPING ]

>> Ben: OH, FIGURES.

STUPID OMNITRIX.

>> I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TOY WITH

AN INFERIOR.

I GO NOW TO WATCH THE

DESTRUCTION OF YOUR PITIFUL

SPECIES.

[ TIRES SQUEAL ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

>> Kevin: COME ON.

WE'LL FOLLOW IN MY CAR.

>> Ben: FORGET THE CAR.

I'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA.

[ BEEPING ]

>> Humongousaur: WAY BIG!

OH, MAN!

HUMONGOUSAUR.

I WONDER IF THE OMNITRIX IS

STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

>> [ ROARS ]

[ ENGINE REVVING ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

>> Humongousaur: IT BARELY KNOWS

I'M HERE.

>> Gwen: MAYBE I CAN GET ITS

ATTENTION!

SO NOT MY DAY.

>> Kevin: IT JUST NEEDS A GOOD

PRUNING.

[ GRUNTING ]

HUH.

USUALLY, I'M MURDER ON

HOUSEPLANTS.

>> Gwen: THE PROBLEM IS,

GRANDPA MAX IS INSIDE THAT

THING, ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF

OTHER PEOPLE, AND WE DON'T WANT

TO HURT ANY OF THEM.

>> Humongousaur: SO FAR, NOT

REALLY A PROBLEM.

[ GRUNTING ]

>> Gwen: GOOD JOB, BEN.

HOLD IT STILL, AND I'LL LOOK FOR

WEAK SPOTS.

AAAAH!

UGH!

>> Kevin: WE'VE TRIED GOING

EASY, AND WE'VE TRIED GOING

HARD.

NOW WHAT?

>> Ben: WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH

ABOUT THAT THING TO STOP IT.

BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO

DOES.

SLOW IT DOWN.

I'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS I CAN.

>> Jetray: JETRAY!

>> Kevin: WOULD BE NICE IF HE'D

LET US IN ON THE PLAN EVERY ONCE

IN A WHILE.

UNH!

AAAAAAH!

[ THUMP ]

UGH!

[ GRUNTING ]

>> Gwen: I WAS TRYING SOMETHING.

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

>> WEAPONS READY!

>> Gwen: DON'T!

THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE THAT

THING!

>> I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT

THAT'S TWIN MESA NUCLEAR PLANT.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IF

WE DON'T STOP IT?

>> Gwen: BUT...

>> FIRE!

FULL POWER!

BRING THAT BOGEY DOWN!

[ GUNS COCK ]

>> IDIOTIC CATTLE.

YOU CANNOT HOPE TO SUCCEED.

>> Kevin: SUPPOSE WE MAKEYOU

TELL US HOW TO STOP IT.

>> UNHAND ME, VERMIN!

A LOWER LIFE-FORM CANNOT FORCE

ME TO DO ANYTHING.

>> NO.

BUT ICAN.

>> WHO ARE YOU?

>> Ben: HE'S REINRASSIC III,

SEVENTH SON OF THE NOBLE

HIGHBREED HOUSE OF DI RALLA,

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE

PURE-BLOODED HIGH ORDER OF

RASECHT...

AND PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE.

>> I AM THE HIGHBREED SUPREME.

>> IMPOSSIBLE!

YOU ARE IMPURE.

LOOK AT YOUR HAND.

>> YES, LOOK AT IT.

>> YOU WEAR THE IMPERIAL SEAL!

MY APOLOGIES, HIGHBREED SUPREME.

THEN OUR PEOPLE HAVE NOTBEEN

EXTERMINATED.

>> CLEARLY.

>> BUT...

BUT I WAS ONLY TO BE AWAKENED IF

WE LOST THE WAR.

>> THE WAR HAS ENDED.

AND IT WAS SETTLED PEACEFULLY,

THANKS TO BEN BEN TENNYSON.

>> HE'S...WITH THE HUMANS.

THEN WHAT AWAKENED ME FROM

HIBERNATION?

>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SORT

OF ACCIDENT.

>> Gwen: THE EARTHQUAKE.

DON'T YOU SEE?

>> WHATEVER THE CAUSE, YOUR

ORDERS ARE CLEAR -- SHUT DOWN

THAT WEAPON.

>> SUPREME ONE, I WOULD

DEACTIVATE IT IF I COULD, BUT

ONCE A FAIL-SAFE SPROUTS,

NOTHING CAN STOP IT.

>> Kevin: YOU MEAN THAT THING'S

GOT AN "ON" SWITCH BUT NO "OFF"?

>> Gwen: WHAT GOOD IS A

FAIL-SAFE IF YOU CAN TURN IT

OFF?

>> WE IMPLANTED POST-HYPNOTIC

SEEDS IN SEVERAL DOZEN HUMANS

WHO HAD BEEN OUR PRISONERS.

THOSE SEEDS WERE TO BE ACTIVATED

AND THE FAIL-SAFE PROCESS

STARTED ONLY UPON OUR DEMISE.

>> Kevin: SO, WHAT'S IT GONNA

DO -- STOMP US ALL TO DEATH?

>> NO.

THE FAIL-SAFE NEEDS A LARGE

POWER SOURCE TO PRIME ITS

DESTRUCTIVE ENERGIES.

>> Gwen: AND WHEN IT'S PRIMED?

>> IT WILL EXPLODE, AND THE

RESULTING FALLOUT WILL DESTROY

YOUR PLANET WITHIN MINUTES.

>> Kevin: WE'RE NOT GONNA JUST

STAND HERE AND LET THE

BRUSSELS SPROUT THAT WALKS LIKE

A MAN NUKE US, ARE WE?

>> Ben: NO, BUT FIGHTING IT

HEAD-ON HASN'T WORKED.

>> Gwen: SO, WHO SAID "HEAD-ON"?

ALL PLANTS RELEASE GASES IN SOME

WAY, RIGHT?

SO THIS ONE MUST HAVE SOME KIND

OF EXHAUST PORT.

>> Ben: AND IF WE CAN FIND IT,

WE CAN GET INSIDE AND TRY TO

STOP IT FROM THERE.

>> Kevin: REALLY?

WE'RE GONNA CLIMB UP ITS EXHAUST

PORT?

>> Ben: YOU'REGOING TO CLIMB.

[ BEEP ]

I'M GOING TO FLY.

>> Jetray: JETRAY!

>> Kevin: IF YOU EVERTELL

ANYBODY ABOUT THIS...

>> Ben: [ Nasally ] TRUST ME --

IT'LL BE OUR SECRET.

>> Kevin: WHAT DO YOU THINK

WOULD HAPPEN IF I LIT A MATCH?

>> Ben: DON'T.

THESE ARE LIKE VEINS.

AND WE'RE IN ITS CIRCULATORY

SYSTEM...OR SOMETHING.

>> Gwen: THE LITTLE ONES CARRY

FLUIDS.

THE BIG ONES EXCHANGE CARBON

DIOXIDE FOR OXYGEN.

>> Ben: THEN LET'S TRY AND GET

TO THE CENTER -- THE HEART OR

BRAIN OF THIS THING -- AND SHUT

IT DOWN.

>> Gwen: I DON'T THINK THEY'LL

LET US.

>> Ben: THEY'RE LIKE GERMS.

>> Gwen: SO, IT SENT ANTIBODIES

TO STOP US.

[ BEEP ]

>> Diamondhead: DIAMONDHEAD!

>> Gwen: [ GASPS ]

>> [ GROANS ]

>> Kevin: WHAT DID YOU DO?

>> Gwen: THEY'RE ALL ATTACHED TO

THE WALLS BY VINES, LIKE

UMBILICAL CORDS.

>> Kevin: OR POWER CORDS.

>> Diamondhead: CUT 'EM.

[ ALL GROAN ]

>> Gwen: NO SIGN OF GRANDPA MAX.

>> Diamondhead: SO WE KEEP

LOOKING.

>> Gwen: ARE YOU SURE THIS IS

THE RIGHT WAY?

>> Diamondhead: PRETTY SURE.

YEAH.

>> Gwen: GRANDPA!

THE FAIL-SAFE'S USING HIM AS ITS

BRAIN.

>> Diamondhead: GRANDPA!

[ ALARM BLARING ]

>> Diamondhead: YOU'RE THE ONLY

ONE WHO CAN STOP IT, GRANDPA.

FOCUS ON MY VOICE!

>> Kevin: THE POWER OF LOVE

ISN'T CUTTING IT.

>> Gwen: SO LET'S DO SOME

CUTTING OURSELVES.

>> Kevin: [ GRUNTS ]

ANY HOUSE I EVER HAVE IS GONNA

HAVE DESERT LANDSCAPING -- NO

PLANTS!

>> Diamondhead: WHY DIDN'T I

THINK OF IT BEFORE?

[ BEEP ]

>> Gwen: THINK OF WHAT?

>> Ben: WE'RE FIGHTING A GIANT

PLANT, AND I'VE GOT AN ALIEN

THAT CAN CONTROLPLANTS.

[ BEEP ]

>> Swampfire: SWAMPFIRE!

>> Gwen: CAN YOU CONTROL ALL

THIS?

>> Swampfire: PROBABLY NOT.

BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO CUT THE

CONNECTION TO GRANDPA MAX.

>> Max: [ SIGHS ]

SO, DEVLIN LEVIN LAID DOWN COVER

FIRE WHILE I DEFUSED THE BOMB.

[ SIGHS ]

HAVE I TOLD THIS STORY BEFORE?

>> Gwen: ALL RIGHT, GRANDPA!

>> Kevin: THAT'S WHAT'S UP.

[ SOLDIERS CHEERING ]

[ RUMBLING ]

>> Swampfire: THERE'S NO BRAIN

MAKING THIS THING STAND ANYMORE!

>> Gwen: IF WE'RE STILL INSIDE

WHEN IT FALLS OVER...

>> YOU HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM.

>> Kevin: HERE TO FINISH THE

JOB, HUH?

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, INSECT,

THAT IS PRECISELY WHY I'M HERE.

>> Swampfire: WE'LL FIGHT YOU!

>> YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING.

MY ORDERS WERE TO DESTROY YOU,

SO I UNLEASHED THIS WEAPON.

NOW MY ORDERS ARE TO STOP IT,

AND SO I SHALL.

>> Gwen: THIS PLACE IS COMING

APART!

IF YOU STAY HERE --

>> ALL THE MORE REASON FOR YOU

TO GATHER THE OTHER HUMANS AND

LEAVE THIS PLACE.

GO!

>> BEN BEN TENNYSON!

>> Kevin: IS JUST FINE, AND SO

ARE WE.

THANKS FOR ASKING.

>> Ben: YOU OKAY, GRANDPA?

>> Max: I AM.

GOOD WORK, KIDS.

>> YES, BEN BEN TENNYSON.

YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN DONE WELL.

>> Ben: NOT THATWELL.

THE OTHER HIGHBREED WAS IN

THERE.

HE'S THE ONE WHO SAVED THE POWER

PLANT.

>> HE WAS A SOLDIER DOING HIS

DUTY.

THERE IS NO HIGHER HONOR FOR A

HIGHBREED.

>> Gwen: JUST TELL US -- ARE

THERE ANY MORE HIGHBREED

DOOMSDAY PLANS LEFT ON EARTH WE

SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

UM...I WILL CHECK THE RECORDS.

>> Ben: COME ON, REINEY.

I'LL HAVE SHIP GIVE YOU A RIDE

HOME.

>> Gwen: GRANDPA, ARE YOU REALLY

OKAY?

>> Max: YEP. I REALLY AM.

EXCEPT FOR ONE THING.

THIS LITTLE ADVENTURE HAS

DEFINITELY PUT ME OFF MY

VEGETABLES.

[ ALL GROAN ]